PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nate Masvidal (ranked 2258 p4p, 2509 weight class) and Wesley Shutes (ranked 308 p4p, 346 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Masvidal
vs
Shutes

188 cm
25
185
11 - 11 - 1

182 cm
30
177
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Nate Masvidal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Wesley Shutes!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shutes misses with a straight left.
Masvidal lunges at Shutes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Shutes's hand.
Wesley Shutes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Shutes.
Shutes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Masvidal misses with an uppercut. Shutes saw that one coming.
Shutes now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Shutes throws a head kick that misses.
Masvidal scores with a one two! Shutes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Shutes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shutes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Masvidal has time to react.
Shutes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A telegraphed right hand from Masvidal misses the target.
Shutes swings for the body but Masvidal moves out of range.
Masvidal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Masvidal closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Shutes misses the shot to the body.
Shutes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Masvidal misses with a left hand
and Shutes counters with a nice kick to the body.
Shutes throws a low kick but it's checked well by Masvidal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shutes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Masvidal on the side of the head.
Shutes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Masvidal moves into range and connects with a jab.
A jab from Shutes does it's job there.
Masvidal looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Shutes dodges the punch combination from Masvidal.
Masvidal closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Shutes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Masvidal throws out a powerful jab.
Masvidal avoids the head kick by Shutes.
Masvidal is looking for a counter combo.
Shutes doesn't manage to clinch there - Masvidal circles away.
Shutes misses with a shot to the body
and Masvidal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Masvidal misses with an uppercut. Shutes saw that one coming.
Shutes wants to counter the offense by Masvidal and move into the clinch position.
Masvidal pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Shutes back to the cage. Masvidal follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Shutes avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Shutes.
Shutes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Masvidal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Masvidal smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Shutes lands with a nice body punch.
Shutes scores with a nice strike.
Shutes misses with an uppercut
and Masvidal counters with a stiff right hand.
Masvidal throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shutes throws a low kick but Masvidal moves out of range easily.
A little feinted left hand from Masvidal on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Masvidal checks a leg kick.
Masvidal throwing a counter right hand but Shutes manages to avoid it.
Shutes throws a sloppy head kick and Masvidal moves out of range easily.
Masvidal blocks a leg kick.
Masvidal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shutes! But no joy.
Shutes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shutes with a nice cross.
Masvidal scores with a decent looking hook.
Masvidal throws a jab when Shutes was well out of range.
Shutes looks for the body kick but Masvidal saw that one coming.
Shutes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Masvidal takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shutes throws a body punch but Masvidal moves out of range.
Shutes throws a sloppy head kick and Masvidal moves out of range easily.
Masvidal on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Shutes. Shutes obviously looking to wear him down.
Masvidal is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Shutes misses with an uppercut
and Masvidal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shutes thuds a left hand into Masvidal's body.
Shutes moves in looking to clinch but Masvidal pushes him off.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Masvidal!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Masvidal tests Shutes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Masvidal misses with a hook.
Shutes misses with a low kick.
Masvidal throwing a counter right hand but Shutes manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masvidal dips to his left and cracks Shutes with an uppercut!

Shutes darts in and clinches Masvidal up against the cage.
Shutes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Masvidal lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shutes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Shutes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Masvidal avoids it.
Masvidal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Masvidal lands a shoulder strike.
Masvidal working aggressively here.
Masvidal blocks a body shot from Shutes.

Masvidal breaks the clinch.
Shutes throws a jab but it's blocked by Masvidal.
Shutes has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Masvidal takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shutes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Shutes lands a right hook to the body.
Masvidal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Shutes.
Masvidal looks to land a left hand but Shutes moved out of range nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nate Masvidal will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Shutes moves away from the strike by Masvidal.
Shutes let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Masvidal bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Shutes's head.
Masvidal misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shutes misses with the combination.
A little feinted left hand from Masvidal on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Masvidal is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Shutes lands with a kick to the ribs.
Shutes throws a leg kick that misses.
Shutes wants to slow Masvidal down by chopping away at his legs.
Shutes throws a body shot but no joy.
Masvidal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nate Masvidal is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shutes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Masvidal connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Shutes scores with a jab. Masvidal acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Shutes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Masvidal throwing a counter right hand but Shutes manages to avoid it.
Shutes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Masvidal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good leg kick by Shutes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masvidal misses with the combination.
Shutes wants to counter with a clinch but Masvidal pushes him away.
Shutes scores with a nice strike.
Shutes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Masvidal was well out of range. Poor timing from Shutes.
Masvidal went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A head kick misses from Shutes.
Shutes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Masvidal lands with a shot to the body.
Shutes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Masvidal.
Masvidal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shutes.
Masvidal throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Shutes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Masvidal has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Masvidal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Shutes misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Shutes.
A big left from Masvidal misses.
Shutes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Masvidal. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shutes looks to land a body kick but Masvidal moved away.
Masvidal throwing a counter right hand but Shutes manages to avoid it.
Shutes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Shutes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Masvidal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shutes tries a head kick but it misses.
Shutes wants to clinch up but Masvidal keeps it at a distance.
Masvidal misses with a straight right.
A clash of legs there as Masvidal blocks the low kick.
Masvidal checks the leg kick nicely there.
Masvidal takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shutes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Masvidal is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Masvidal takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masvidal swings for the body but Shutes moves out of range.
Shutes throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Shutes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Masvidal throws a hook to the side of Shutes's head but Shutes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Masvidal on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Shutes. Shutes obviously looking to wear him down.
Masvidal with a hook.
A clash of legs there as Masvidal blocks the low kick.
A shot to the body from Masvidal misses
and Shutes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shutes throws a solid leg kick but Masvidal takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Shutes.
Shutes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Masvidal takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Shutes gets a clinch.
Masvidal lands a shoulder strike.

Shutes breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Masvidal looks to throw the jab but Shutes is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shutes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Masvidal on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Shutes lands a head kick. Masvidal smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Some wild striking there from Masvidal.
Shutes ducks under a wild hook from Masvidal.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Shutes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Masvidal has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Masvidal and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Masvidal chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shutes can pounce on him.
Shutes slips a jab from Masvidal.
Shutes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Masvidal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shutes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sloppy strikes from Masvidal. Those never looked like landing.
A punch combination from Shutes misses.
Masvidal throws a hook but Shutes blocks it.
Masvidal throws an overhand right that lands on Shutes's shoulder, as Shutes tries to avoid the shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wesley Shutes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Masvidal takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A big left from Masvidal misses.
Masvidal moves out of range of the body kick.
Shutes misses the shot to the body.
Shutes throws a body kick that misses.
Masvidal is looking for a counter combo.
Shutes takes a swing at Masvidal's ribcage but misses.
Masvidal looks to land a left hand but Shutes moved out of range nicely.
Masvidal connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Masvidal works the jab nicely.
A nice leg kick from Shutes, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shutes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shutes tries to bum rush Masvidal with a series of wild strikes but Masvidal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Masvidal misses with a straight right.
Masvidal throws a hook to the side of Shutes's head but Shutes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shutes throws a body shot but no joy.
Left hook, right uppercut from Shutes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shutes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Masvidal slips under a jab.
Shutes finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Shutes moves away from the strike by Masvidal.
Shutes dodges the punch combination from Masvidal.
Shutes misses with a head kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Masvidal scores with a four punch combination!
Shutes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shutes moves out of range as Masvidal strikes.
Masvidal moves out of range of the body kick.
A swing and a miss from Masvidal.
Masvidal fails to land with a series of punches.
Shutes is looking to clinch but Masvidal is avoiding it.
The fighters circling - Masvidal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Masvidal misses.
Shutes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Masvidal manages to avoid it.
Shutes walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Masvidal checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Masvidal throws a shot from downtown. Shutes moves away and avoids it.
Masvidal misses with an uppercut
and Shutes counters with a nice kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Masvidal throws a jab but it's blocked by Shutes.
Masvidal misses with an uppercut
and Shutes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shutes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Masvidal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shutes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Masvidal was well out of range. Poor timing from Shutes.
Masvidal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shutes with a nice calf kick.
Shutes throws a head kick that half lands.
Masvidal throws a looping overhand right but Shutes ducks down to avoid it.
Shutes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Shutes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shutes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Masvidal.
Shutes is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Masvidal rather than just go for the knockout.
Masvidal blocks a leg kick.
Masvidal is looking to counter punch.
Shutes digs a good body shot into Masvidal's ribs.
Shutes throws a chopping leg kick but Masvidal manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Shutes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Shutes staying out of range there.
Shutes lands a slapping body shot.
Masvidal throws a shot to the body.
Shutes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An inside leg kick lands from Shutes.
Shutes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Masvidal.
Shutes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shutes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Masvidal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Masvidal closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shutes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Shutes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Shutes jabs Masvidal to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Shutes lands with an uppercut that bounces Masvidal off the cage and back into range.
Shutes misses with a body punch
and Masvidal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A head kick misses from Shutes.
Masvidal swinging wildly here.
Masvidal misses with a right hand
and Shutes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shutes swings widly with a right hand
letting Masvidal counter with a right hand.
Shutes throws a leg kick which misses Masvidal's front leg but catches the back leg as Masvidal tries to avoid it.
Masvidal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shutes slips under a jab from Masvidal.
Good work by Masvidal as he checks the leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wesley Shutes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Shutes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wesley Shutes!
Our winner, Wesley Shutes, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.